Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies
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W. W. LOWE,
real-estate agent in Long Beach, who came to California in October, 1883, is a
native of the Buckeye State. He was born in 1843, and is the youngest of a
family of ten children, five sons and five daughters. His father, Jacob Lowe,
was a native of Ulster County, New York. He subsequently moved to Ohio, where
for several
years he taught school, and died in that State in 1865. The subject of this
sketch was educated at the common schools in Pickaway County, Ohio. After
leaving school he engaged in teaching a short time before his marriage, after
which he retired from the school-room, eight years later resuming the profession
of teaching and continuing it for a number of years. January 24, 1867, he was
united in marriage with Miss Belle McKee, of Ohio, daughter of James and
Elizabeth McKee, both
natives of Maryland. For ten years Mr. Lowe was engaged in the grain and
live-stock business. After coming to California he chose for his future home a
beautiful site in Los Angeles County, which has since been named Long Beach, he
being one of the first settlers in the place. Mr. Lowe erected the first
store-room and kept the first store here. Fortune has smiled on him since he
came to this beach, and he is one of the most successful business men in the
village. He has practically retired from the mercantile business and is giving
his attention to the management of real estate and insurance. He is also a
notary public. Mr. Lowe is thoroughly identified with the best interests of the
place, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of his fellow-townsmen. At present
he holds the office of treasurer of the municipality. Politically he affiliates
with the Prohibition party, and is an active worker for temperance, and may be
depended upon to support, by his influence and his means, anything which has for
its object the general good of the community. Mr. Lowe is a member of the
Congregational church. Socially he is connected with the Masonic order, and also
with the Knights of Honor. Mr. and Mrs. Lowe have been blessed with two lovely
daughters, Ethel and Vinnie. They live in a delightful location on Pine street,
overlooking the beach and the grand old ocean beyond.
An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County, California � Chicago, The Lewis
Publishing Company, 1889 Page 769
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler